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I found diving on the suit was fine for single cylinder diving. When I went to a twinset, 2 stages and argon, we are looking at about 10 Kg (22 lb) of weight due to the gas. (Weighting should be neutral for near empty cylinders.) Add to this some wrecking tackle 3Kg (6 lb) which one must assume gets lost. This means that we are talking about a lot of additional gas that has to be put in the suit at the start of the dive to obtain neutral buoyancy. I find gas migration to be a problem in these circumstances and so use the suit for comfort and wings for buoyancy. David Shimell Project Manager, Sequent Computer Systems Ltd, Weybridge, UK Email: shimell@se*.co* ---------- From: owner-techdiver[SMTP:owner-techdiver@aquanaut.com] Sent: 17 December 1997 03:13 To: Paul Kaufman; techdiver Subject: Re: Dry Suit Diving. When properly weighted & adjusted (this is the key) I allways have simpler and better control when using only the suit and completely ignoring my wings during the dive. With this method your bouyancy is basicly automatic (with shell suits) and you have less items to worry about. Everybody I have talked into trying this has not gone back and their bouyancy control and awareness (one less distraction) has improved. I even had a former student last month come up and ask me about how to use a shell suit he had rented for the weekend so I briefed him on this technique and went with him on his first dive to make sure everything went ok. This was his first time ever in a drysuit and only about his 20th dive ever. I'm not overexaggerating at all here but within fifteen minutes his control was as good as most seasoned divers I know (with or without a drysuit). I know George & Jim both don't advise this method but I hope they give it a real try (this is about the only thing that I don't agree with them on). I really can't say the same for neoprene suits since I have never tried one and their characteristics are different (although two converts have been neoprene users). At 02:08 PM 12/12/97 EST, Paul Kaufman wrote: >Eric, > >I always leave the auto-deflate on my TLS-350 set almost fully open (least resistance). >Just add enough air to your suit to take off the squeeze. Then use your wings to adjust >your buoyancy. You have to remember that you are now dealing with two systems, but it >works better this way than trying to make all your buoyancy adjustments with the suit. > >Take care, > >Paul > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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